While both squads had impressive individual performances, it was depth that led Warsaw’s boys and girls cross country teams to dominating wins in their own invitational Tuesday evening. Hosting the Warsaw Cross Country Classic, the Tigers and Lady Tigers made things look easy, as the boys scored 30 points to beat 10 other teams and the girls scored 34 points and topped nine other teams. Huntington North finished a distant second to Warsaw in both events as a team, as the Lady Vikings posted a five-runner score of 72 and the Vikings finished with 86 points. “This isn’t the easiest course in the world,” said Warsaw boys coach Jim Mills, whose team had all five of its scoring runners finish in the top 13 of the 166-person race. “This course is deceivingly hard,” he added. “This time of year, 16:30, 16:40 is pretty good. We’re trying to keep everyone healthy. We don’t have a clear frontrunner like we’ve had in the past, but I think we can be pretty good.” Warsaw’s Owen Glogovsky won the boys 5K race in a time of 16:39.55, finishing 12 seconds ahead of runner-up Landon Miller of Fairfield. “Owen has established himself as our top runner,” said Mills. “Owen is doing all the right things, and everybody else is buying in.” Warsaw’s Daniel Messenger finished third in 16:52.37, while the rest of the Tigers’ scoring runners included Nick Bergen (7th, 17:20.10), Jonathan Beres (10th, 17:31.94) and Avery Torres (13th, 17:41.60). Northfield (92), NorthWood (96) and Columbia City (150) rounded out the top five boys teams. Whitko was ninth with 244 points, while Tippecanoe Valley finished 11th with 288 points. In the girls 5K race, Northfield’s Jenna Halderman won with a time of 19:02.45, while Lady Tigers were led by Allison Miller’s second-place time of 19:32.18. All five of Warsaw’s scoring runners in the girls race finished in the top nine. “I saw a lot of good things tonight,” said first-year Warsaw girls coach Matthew Campbell. “To have all five girls in the top nine is awesome.” Other scoring runners for the Lady Tigers included Anna Craig (4th, 20:02.45), Emma Haywood (7th, 20:22.96), Brooke Rhodes (20:33.53) and Claire Kehler (20:43.03). Northfield (72), Columbia City (124) and Angola (147) rounded out the top five teams in the girls competition. Whitko finished eighth with 219 points, while Tippecanoe Valley was ninth with 246 points.
WARSAW CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC (GIRLS) Team Scores – Warsaw 30, Huntington North 72, Northfield 72, Columbia City 124, Angola 147, Fairfield 163, NorthWood 179, Whitko 219, Tippecanoe Valley 246, Bethany Christian 249 Top 10 Individuals – 1. Jenna Halderman (NF) 19:02.45, 2. Allison Miller (War) 19:32.18, 3. Josey Korte (Ang) 19:38.00, 4. Anna Craig (War) 20:02.45, 5. Hannah Stoffel (HN) 20:06.16, 6. Hannah Yeakey (BC) 20:08.57, 7. Emma Haywood (War) 20:22.96, 8. Brooke Rhodes (War) 20:33.53, 9. Claire Kehler (War) 20:43.03, 10. Brittany Sloan (NF) 20:49.47 Warsaw – 16. Mia Beckham 21:26.62, 19. Hannah Thompson 21:35.22, 23. Lauren Orr 21:53.30, 34. Madeline Hooks 22:38.28, 35. Rebecca Lemon 22:41.78, 44. Liza Lewis 23:25.02, 47. Meredith Phipps 23:31.18, 58. Charlene Orr 23:56.86, 62. Michaela Roark 24:40.17, 66. Kendra Paton 24:55.19, 68. Jemina Fugate 24:56.59, 75. Courtney Sainer 25:26.16, 80. Diamond Dove 25:29.24, 87. Taylor Strickler 26:00.64, 91. Daisie Poe 26:32.82, 94. Claire Rich 26:50.99, 103. Sierra Palmer 27:38.67, 104. Susana Pizano 27:45.46, 110. Alexis Winters 28:29.99, 111. Emma Lehman 28:35.64, 114. Kaitlynn Still 29:09.34, 116. Katie Newland 29:11.66, 117. Amber Hagan 29:12.35, 122. Shyanne McFadden 29:34.89, 123. Aubrey Doyle 30:08.05, 127. Natalie Nichols 31:09.50, 129. Emily Shephard 32:10.47, 132. Maddy Cardwell 33:26.12 Whitko – 27. Brigit Nemitz 22:08.39, 37. Michelle Kelsey 22:52.84, 60. Hanna Yohe 24:15.47, 71. Courtney Edwards 25:07.59, 98. Taylor Reiff 27:19.86, 115. Angelica Moyer 29:10.18 T. Valley – 39. Karly Fitch 23:06.10, 56. Breelyn Conley 23:50.24, 73. Courtney Burns 25:23.85, 76. Alexia Durkes 25:29.64, 88. Sierra Rudd 26:03.97, 126. Abbi Miller 31:06.17, 128. Taylor Weber 31:13.68
(BOYS) Team Scores – Warsaw 34, Huntington North 86, Northfield 92, NorthWood 96, Columbia City 150, Wabash 154, Angola 188, Fairfield 198, Whitko 244, Peru 249, Tippecanoe Valley 288 Top 10 Individuals – 1. Owen Glogovsky (War) 16:39.55, 2. Landon Miller (FF) 16:51.50, 3. Daniel Messenger (War) 16:52.37, 4. Nate Roe (Ang) 16:55.36, 5. Caleb Darr (NW) 17:00.33, 6. Devin Tracy (NF) 17:11.80, 7. Nick Bergen (War) 17:20.10, 8. Sam Hall (Wab) 17:27.37, 9. Austin Frye (NF) 17:27.67, 10. Jonathan Beres (War) 17:31.94 Warsaw – 15. Jacob DeBoest 17:46.80, 21. Lucas Howett 18:01.28, 29. T.J. Day 18:30.14, 32. Nick Adams 18:50.54, 37. Nathaniel Gottschalk 18:59.73, 48. Trent Thompson 19:31.62, 49. Eric Cuisick 19:34.39, 56. Nathan Miller 19:52.98, 59. Cameron Hoskins 19:58.59, 68. Evan Hansen 20:13.50, 70. Sam Yeager 20:17.29, 80. Colton Andrews 20:52.97, 81. Rozen Kunkle 20:53.25, 82. Matt Hastings 20:56.68, 101. Trent Shepherd 21:31.48, 107. Conner Hershberger 21:50.76, 108. Griffin Roark 21:55.97, 120. Michael Blue 22:39.89, 122. Justin Fleming 22:41.47, 127. Taylor Mills 23:02.90, 131. Kyle Haywood 23:17.11, 132. Ryan Bonebrake 23:18.41, 134. Caleb Remocaldo 23:28.88, 135. Chritian Kosins 23:29.52, 137. Jared Guderman 23:38.80, 145. Jacob Dachenhaus 24:26.96, 147. Eric Williamson 24:52.34, 150. Riley Hogenson 25:24.52, 151. Nicholas Hawn 25:38.29, 154. Luke Junker 26:40.26, 160. Jacob Bill 27:46.38, 161. Evan Monsma 29:50.26, 162. Alex Bergen 29:52.80, 166. Reese Cripe 32:29.07 T. Valley – 28. Jesse Floor 18:29.05, 83. Tyler Ross 20:57.54, 91. Tom Solano 21:16.87, 98. Shay Merley 21:26.06, 126. Devin Childers 22:51.85, 140. Conner Yoder 23:54.46, 149. Andy Herrera 25:13.11 Whitko – 44. Logan Busz 19:18.56, 50. Jonathan Johnson 19:36.13, 52. Joshua Wright 19:37.38, 64. Collin Ross 20:08.66, 112. Tyler Berner 22:03.77, 155. Ezra Miller 26:41.73
